Arthur Ludwig, MD papers

Arthur W. Ludwig was born in Brooklyn on December 20, 1918. He attended Columbia College (Class of 1939) and received his M.D. degree from New York University College of Medicine in 1943, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He did a brief internship at The Mount Sinai Hospital before entering active duty in the United States Navy. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant (Senior Grade). After a six month basic science course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, he returned to Mount Sinai to finish his residency, which he completed in April 1948. He then held a research fellowship in Pathology at the Hospital until June 1949. He continued research while developing his private practice. He published on the effects of testosterone and estrogen inhibition in animal models, as well as studies of the pathogenesis of exophthalmos and histogenesis of myxedema.

Dr. Ludwig held several clinical and teaching positions at The Mount Sinai Hospital and later the School of Medicine. He served in the Endocrinology clinic from 1949-55 and was Chief of the Diagnostic Clinic in the mid-1950s. He achieved the rank of Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in 1978. He was also an Attending Physician at the Doctor's Hospital from 1952-89. Throughout his many years of service, Dr. Ludwig also maintained a very active private practice. Dr. Ludwig died on June 4, 1999.
As noted in a November 2000 letter from Barry Coller, MD, Chairman of Medicine; Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD, Professor of Health Policy and Surgery; and Mrs. Arthur W. Ludwig announcing the creation at Mount Sinai of the Arthur W. Ludwig Lectureship in Humanism in Medicine: "Not only did Arthur Ludwig practice the science of medicine, he practiced the art of medicine. He listened to his patients, and was a superb physician in the true sense of the word. A marvelous diagnostician, his judgment was uncanny, and he insisted on the very best for his patients."